Will Fox Sue Franken over "The O'Franken Factor"?

[romantico]

I'm sure they're already planning it.Can they?Any legal experts here?

[Occulus]

1. Doubt it

Parody. The title implies the show is a parody.

[trotsky]

2. You know very well Franken is hoping they do.

More publicity!! Haha, FAUX bastards, the joke's on you... TWICE.

[madmax]

3. Not a legal expert but,

I can't see where they would have a case :shrug:

If they do it will only provide more free publicity for Franken - bring it on :evilgrin:

[Badger1]

4. No way

The bastards got laughed out of court over "fair and balanced". If the were to try it, Big Al would say YAHOOOOOOO...BRING EM ON!

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

5. Can I sue Fox for being supreme jackasses?

Or maybe I can sue them for my hourly wage for wasting my time with pointless garbage.

[ScotTissue]

6. That should be funny as hell

But actually, I can see where Fox would have a case on that, based strictly on entertainment laws and trademark. You could emulate the look and feel of a show, but you couldn't do a regular broadcast effectively trading off the O'Reilly Factor name.

[otohara]

7. Wholly w/o Merit

as one judge already said

[HFishbine]

8. Is O' copyrighted?

Lots o' luck!

[grannylib]

9. If it is, then the Mexican/Irish restaurant Carlos O'Kelly's might be in

trouble *lol*

[qb]

10. I can just hear Franken's deadpan plea:

"Please, please... Oh please don't sue me!"

[SoCalDem]

11. SNL routinely parodies "Hardball"

and Bush parodies the presidency evry stinking day :)

[Exultant Democracy]

12. Oh I hope that they try.